Posted on 08/01/2012 8:56:44 AM PDT by marktwain
CHATSWORTH, Ill --(Ammoland.com)- As many of you know, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today utilized his amendatory veto authority to hijack a pro-gun bill and convert it into a ban on so called assault weapons. Quinn claims that his bill would “…make Illinois a safer place.”
Of course, lawful Illinois firearm owners know better. We know that Quinn’s true aim is to obliterate private firearm ownership in the state. Closer analysis of Quinn’s bill reveals a host of opportunities for Quinn and his buddy Emanuel to make life miserable for the state’s lawful firearm owners.
Here is just a partial list of what this bill would do, if passed:
1. Ban the manufacture, possession or sale of nearly every semiautomatic rifle, pistol and shotgun you own.
2. Specifically ban Glock pistols since they share a common design with the Glock 18, a select fire handgun.
3. Require you to register every semiautomatic firearm and every magazine you own that exceeds 10 round capacity. The kicker is that, under Quinn’s proposal, the State Police can charge you unlimited fees to register your guns. Thus if Quinn’s bill passes, you could very well find yourself paying $100 or even $1,000 per firearm per year to comply with the law. Additionally, you could find yourself paying $50, $100 or even $500 per year for each “high capacity” magazine you own. Can’t pay? Well then you would have to surrender your guns to the State Police for destruction.
This is just a taste of what you could expect from Quinn’s gun ban. Twists and turns in the bill would certainly open up the doors to taxation, regulation, and outright bans on every civilian owned firearm in the state.
Oh, and one thing is for sure, you can forget about concealed carry if Quinn’s gun ban passes.
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO PROTECT YOUR GUN RIGHTS:
1. Call your State Senator ASAP and politely tell him or her that you are a law-abiding Illinois firearm owner and that you expect him or her to vote against Quinn’s gun ban should it come up for a vote. If you do not know who your State Senator is, please follow this link:
Illinois Board of Elections District Official/Search: http://www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator/DistrictOfficialSearchByAddress.aspx
2. Pass this alert on to all your friends and family who own firearms. Tell them to make calls to the senate as well.
3. Post this alert to any and all Internet blogs or bulletin boards to which you belong.
4. If you’re not already a member of the ISRA, then it’s time you signed on to protect your gun rights. To join the ISRA, follow this link: www.isra.org/join
5. Make a generous donation to the ISRA today so that we will be able to fight on against gun grabbers like Pat Quinn and Rahm Emanuel: www.isra.org/fight_4_your_rights.
The ISRA is the state’s leading advocate of safe, lawful and responsible firearms ownership. For more than a century, the ISRA has represented the interests of millions of law-abiding Illinois firearm owners.
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“Quinn claims that his bill would “…make Illinois a safer place.””
Yeah, safer for the criminals. It’s easy to see that the Chicago government is in bed with the criminal elements of the city. But this hasn’t changed since the roaring 20s.
Hmmm. I wonder how that Firearm Owners ID card will work into this/s
Who do you think will be the first folk raided if this passes?
Anyone want to know why I will never get a concealed carry permit?
Buehler?
Buehler?
Are you people in Illinois insane? Why do you keep electing tyrants.
Don’t look at me. I don’t live in that hell hole. I live in Iowa. We might be crazy but at least we aren’t stupid.
First, our neighbors to the west are just morons.
What they will do is come to the Indy 500 Gun and Knife show and sell their weapons. I'll offer a 90% preemptive law discount so they won't have to pay any fees in the future. I'll be happy to send any IL resident the name and address of my FFL.
Just doing my civic duty and helping out BOs 2nd adopted home state.
Simple: Our Federal tyrants robed the people of Illinois of their republican government in 1964 with the effective abolition of the State Senate which provided equal representation of the regions of Illinois in their Government.
As a result the City of Chicago took over the entire state, which they uses to dump their failed social projects on.
I feel for the people of Illinois their entire state has been hijacked by an abusive leftist mob thanks to Washington’s overthrow of their republican government.
Simple: Our Federal tyrants robed the people of Illinois of their republican government in 1964 with the effective abolition of the State Senate which provided equal representation of the regions of Illinois in their Government.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_v._Sims
As a result the City of Chicago took over the entire state, which they uses to dump their failed social projects on.
I feel for the people of Illinois their entire state has been hijacked by an abusive leftist mob thanks to Washington’s overthrow of their republican government.
This Constitution means as little to their Government the Federal Constitution means to the Federal Government.
http://www.ilga.gov/commission/lrb/con1.htm
Not that the Illinois equivalent of the second amendment really meant much more than placating words anyway:
“SECTION 22. RIGHT TO ARMS
Subject only to the police power, the right of the
individual citizen to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed.
(Source: Illinois Constitution.)”
Okay Chicago political brains, the gang bangers are really going to buy into this plan. Yep, they’ll be registering their guns, paying the high fees, and not owning banned guns. It’ll work well. (/sarcasm of course)
I hate Illinois Nazis.
I moved to Wisconsin. IL is hopeless.
Let’s be blunt about it: Every Illinois resident that is even mildly interested in the idea of freedom should make plans to get the H… out.
Driving at the legal speed limit it is a 2 hour 15 minute drive with no stopping, no purchases until I am back in a state with a sane government.
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